HISTORY
BASIC DEFINITIONS
ASSESSMENT
TEACHING STRATEGIES
ADHD
100
Dr. Samuel Kirk, a professor at the University of Arizona, introduced the term "learning disability" in 1963, replacing this preceding frequently occurring phenomenon?
What is "word blindness."
100
Dyslexia
What is a problem in which people cannot comprehend the difference between graphemes and phonemes?
100
IEP
What is a written "Individualized Educational Program," that focuses on instruction for students ages 3-21 once they are assessed and found to have a learning disability. It includes, performance levels, objectives, services, implementation strategies, evaluation procedures, and progress schedules as required under PL 94-142.
100
According to Carol Ann Tomlinson, this process of “ensuring that what a student learns, how he/she learns it, and how the student demonstrates what he/she has learned is a match for that student’s readiness level, interests, and preferred mode of learning.” Common today, this is referred to as?
What is differentiated instruction.
100
ADHD is not a specific learning disability and is not defined as such under the provisions of IDEA. True or False.
What is TRUE. ADHD is not defined as an SLD.
200
During the European Foundation Period in the 1860s, problems involving slow, laborious, and dysfluent speech were attributed to the left brain. This is often referred to as?
What is Broca's aphasia
200
Neuronal migration
What is an impact on a child's ability to learn based on birth defects that are caused by an abnormal migration of neurons in the developing brain and the central nervous system, resulting in structural abnormalities.
200
The higher the grade level, the more years the student must be behind is indicative of this discrepancy practice, in which the degree of deviation between grade placement and achievement varies as a function of current grade placement
What is "graduated deviation."
200
Co-teaching
What is the collaboration between general and special education teachers for all of the teaching responsibilities of all students assigned to a classroom. This collaboration consists of 5 models that lean toward the 4 goals for classroom instruction that include 1) remediation 2)re-teaching 3) pre-teaching, and 4) enrichment.
200
One of the most common childhood disorders that exists in today's public schools and consists of several subtypes.
What is AD/HD.
300
In the 1920s, Samuel Orton claimed that a child's IQ score does not always reflect that child's intellectual ability, especially if he/she has a reading disability. This focus was part of what period in LD History?
What is The United States Foundation Period (1920-1960).
300
During this stage of development, children are most affected by brain damage that is caused by stroke, high fever, meningitis, and head trauma--all leading factors in the development of learning disabilies.
What is the Post-Natal Period.
300
Curriculum-based assessment
What is using the observations and recordings of a student's performance in the local curriculum as a basis for making instructional decisions.
300
All students, regardless of their handicap or severity of their handicap, are to be in a regular classroom/program full-time. All services are taken to the child in their regular classroom setting.
What is full inclusion.
300
Smoking and alcohol consumption significantly increase the risk of a child developing ADHD. These items are referred to as this term.
What are teratogens.
400
The Emergent Period (1960-1975)
What is the emergence of "learning disabilites" as a formal category in which the United States government and parents aim focus to promote the growth of organizations and educational programming for students with learning disabilities.
400
This definition of "specific learning disability" "DOES NOT include children who have learning problems that are the result of visual, hearing, or motor handicaps, of mental retardation, or emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage."
What is the IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) definition of "learning disability."
400
Regression analysis
What is a difficult statistical correction procedure for the phenomenon of the tendency of test scores to regress towards the mean.
400
Supplementary Services.
What are modified services provided to children with learning disabilities such they are not removed from the school setting and can adequately meet class requirements in a satisfactory way. These services are meant to help students become activley engaged as participants in their learning.
400
Corpus Callosum
What is the thick band of nerve fibers that divides the cerebrum into left and right hemispheres and connects the two, allowing for communication between both hemispheres.
500
Due to a more prevalent and increasing number of students diagnosed with learning disabilities, concerns about identification procedures and placement options are most challenging during this period in LD history.
What is the Turbulent Period (1985-2000+)
500
This often overdiagnosed and misdiagnosed disorder is excluded from the provisions of IDEA; however, some children are able to receive special education services under IDEA if this exceptionality co-exists with other exceptionalities.
What is ADHD (Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder).
500
This model is a guide of what to teach. It includes 6 steps: Determining the sequence of skills to be taught, deciding what behavior to assess, selecting an evaluation activity, administering the evaluation, recording the results, and determining the specific instructional objectives-both short and long-term.
What is the Assessment Model.
500
This particular type of constructivist believes that the teacher should design instruction such that the students discover new knowledge without the explicit instruction from the teacher.
What is the endogenous constructivist.
500
This tool is the most widely used tool for assessing whether or not a student has ADHD in childhood. There are 3 of these, one for parents, one for teachers, and one for adolescents being assessed. It is comprised of many neurological tests.
What is the Conner's Rating Scale.
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